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If a husband and wife own a house as tenants in common and one dies,leaving a mirror will stating that the deceased half of house is to be held in trust by trustees,allowing surviving spouse access etc......what is the process of modifying house title deeds to reflect change in ownership, and does it require the services of a solicitor?
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I think if there's one certainty here it's that you require the services of a solicitor.0
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I'm guessing here, but I would imagine that the trustees have to set up some appropriate form of trust, and then the executors of the estate of the deceased will have to perform a transfer of equity of the share in the property to the trust once the whole probate process permits it.
Whilst none of that technically must have solicitor doing it (setting up a trust, managing probate and transferring equity), I should imagine 99% of people would choose to employ one.0
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